-zumab
A suffix for humanized monoclonal antibody. Antibodies made from -zumabs are less likely than -ximabs to elicit a neutralizing antibody response in the patient who receives them.
SEE: -ximab
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Venes, Donald, editor. "-zumab." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733255/all/_zumab.
-zumab. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733255/all/_zumab. Accessed April 19, 2019.
-zumab. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733255/all/_zumab
-zumab [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 April 19]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/733255/all/_zumab.
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